File #: 2024-0410    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: In Committee
File created: 1/7/2025 In control: Local Services and Land Use Committee
On agenda: Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: AN ORDINANCE approving the Southwest Suburban Sewer District General Sewer Plan Update dated July 2024.
Sponsors: Dave Upthegrove
Indexes: Sewer, Sewer Districts
Attachments: 1. A. Southwest Suburban Sewer District General Sewer Plan Update, July 2024, 2. 2024-0410 Transmittal Letter, 3. 2024-0410 Plan Review Matrix, 4. 2024-0410 Fiscal Note, 5. 2024-0410 Legislative Review Form, 6. 2024-0410_SR_SSSewer
Staff: Micklow, Andy

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Clerk 12/06/2024

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AN ORDINANCE approving the Southwest Suburban Sewer District General Sewer Plan Update dated July 2024.

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STATEMENT OF FACTS:

1.  King County has adopted K.C.C. chapter 13.24, which requires approval of comprehensive plans for water and sewer utilities that provide service in unincorporated King County as a prerequisite for operating in unincorporated King County, receiving approval for annexation proposals, being granted right of way franchises, and being given approval for right of way construction permits.  K.C.C. chapter 13.24 prescribes the requirements for approval of such plans, including consistency with state and local planning requirements.

2.  RCW 57.16.010 requires general comprehensive plans by special purpose district be submitted to, and be approved by, the legislative authority within whose boundaries all or a portion of a utility lies.

3.  The Southwest Suburban Sewer District's last sanitary sewer system plan was approved in 2009.  King County regulations require sanitary sewer system plans to be updated every six years.

4.  The Southwest Suburban Sewer District's wastewater system has a service area within unincorporated King County and has adopted a comprehensive wastewater system plan ("the plan").

5.  King County has adopted a Comprehensive Plan that includes policies F-101 through F-264, the applicable portions of which address sanitary sewer policies for facilities and services; these sanitary sewer policies call for consistency with other adopted plans, pursuit of reclaimed water, water conservation, and protection of water resources.

6.  K.C.C. chapter 13.24 requires the utilities technical review committee to review, and make a recommendation to the King County executive and council on the plan, the requirements under K.C.C. chapter 13.24, and consistency with the King County Comprehensive Plan.  The utilities technical review committee has reviewed the planning data and system operations and has found:

  a.  The plan utilizes population and employment forecasts developed by the Puget Sound Regional Council;

  b.  A portion of the system's service area is in unincorporated King County;

  c.  The capital facility plan is adequate to meet anticipated facility and service needs;

  d.  The plan is consistent with applicable Washington state water quality laws; and

  e.  The plan is consistent with other pertinent county adopted plans and policies.

7.  Washington state Department of Ecology approved the plan on August 15, 2024.

8.  Under the State Environmental Policy Act, the district completed an environmental checklist and issued a Determination of Nonsignificance for the plan on June 22, 2024.  There were no appeals.

9.  The system's operations and facilities meet multiple existing statutory, administrative, and planning standards.  As the district's operations, facilities, and planning meet the requirements of the King County Code, and are consistent with the King County Comprehensive Plan, the utilities technical review committee has recommended approval of the plan.

                     BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:

                     SECTION 1.  The Southwest Suburban Sewer District General Sewer Plan

Update dated July 2024, Attachment A to this ordinance, is hereby approved as a comprehensive wastewater system plan.